With closing arguments set to begin Thursday, jurors in the trial of a former transit police officer charged with the shooting murder of an unarmed man in Oakland will be allowed to consider manslaughter charges, a Los Angeles judge ruled...
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A former transit police officer who fatally shot an unarmed man at an Oakland train station was convicted of involuntary manslaughter Thursday, capping a racially charged case that raised fears in the Bay Area of possible violence a... Read Post
The murder trial of a former BART police officer who fatally shot an unarmed rider last year, sparking riots in Oakland, is expected to begin Wednesday with jury selection in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom. Johannes Mehserle, 28, ... Read Post
An attorney for a former Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer charged with murdering an unarmed rider in Oakland asked a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge Friday to include police officers as prospective jurors despite a stat... Read Post